| 2002 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 56 kg | 48 kg | |
| 62 kg | 53 kg | |
| 69 kg | 58 kg | |
| 77 kg | 63 kg | |
| 85 kg | 69 kg | |
| 94 kg | 75 kg | |
| 105 kg | +75 kg | |
| +105 kg | ||
The 2002 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 19 November to 26 November. The women's 58 kilograms division was staged on 20 November 2002.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 20 November 2002 | 12:00 | Group B |
| 20:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Song Zhijuan (CHN) | 105.0 kg |  Charikleia Kastritsi (GRE) | 97.5 kg |  Emine Bilgin (TUR) | 95.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Song Zhijuan (CHN) | 125.0 kg |  Wandee Kameaim (THA) | 120.0 kg |  Maryse Turcotte (CAN) | 117.5 kg |
| Total | Song Zhijuan (CHN) | 230.0 kg | Wandee Kameaim (THA) | 212.5 kg | Charikleia Kastritsi (GRE) | 210.0 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Sun Caiyan (CHN) | 105.5 kg | İzmir, Turkey | 28 June 2002 |
| Clean & Jerk | Sun Caiyan (CHN) | 133.0 kg | İzmir, Turkey | 28 June 2002 | |
| Total | Sun Caiyan (CHN) | 237.5 kg | İzmir, Turkey | 28 June 2002 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 | Song Zhijuan (CHN) | A | 57.70 | 100.0 | 105.0 | | 120.0 | 125.0 | | 230.0 | ||
 | Wandee Kameaim (THA) | A | 57.80 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 7 | 117.5 | 120.0 | | 212.5 | ||
 | Charikleia Kastritsi (GRE) | A | 57.55 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 97.5 | | 107.5 | 112.5 | 7 | 210.0 | |
| 4 |  Henrietta Ráki (HUN) | A | 57.45 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 6 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 4 | 207.5 | ||
| 5 |  Michaela Breeze (GBR) | B | 57.20 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 4 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 6 | 205.0 | ||
| 6 | Maryse Turcotte (CAN) | A | 57.45 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 10 | 112.5 | 117.5 | | 205.0 | ||
| 7 |  Neli Yankova (BUL) | A | 56.25 | 87.5 | 90.0 | 8 | 112.5 | 5 | 202.5 | |||
| 8 |  Marieta Gotfryd (POL) | A | 57.25 | 92.5 | 5 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 8 | 202.5 | |||
| 9 |  Soraya Jiménez (MEX) | A | 57.55 | 87.5 | 90.0 | 9 | 110.0 | 9 | 200.0 | |||
| 10 |  Svitlana Kokhanenko (UKR) | A | 57.75 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 11 | 105.0 | 11 | 192.5 | ||
| 11 |  Silvia Puxeddu (ITA) | A | 57.60 | 85.0 | 12 | 105.0 | 10 | 190.0 | ||||
| 12 |  Ling I-hua (TPE) | B | 54.00 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 13 | 100.0 | 12 | 180.0 | |||
| 13 |  Abigail Guerrero (ESP) | B | 57.55 | 80.0 | 14 | 97.5 | 100.0 | 13 | 180.0 | |||
| 14 |  Yelena Sukhina (KAZ) | B | 57.75 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 15 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 15 | 180.0 | ||
| 15 |  Carissa Gordon (USA) | B | 57.80 | 80.0 | 16 | 100.0 | 16 | 180.0 | ||||
| 16 |  Ouahiba Belghandi (ALG) | B | 57.85 | 77.5 | 17 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 17 | 177.5 | |||
| 17 |  Aksana Zalatarova (BLR) | B | 57.95 | 75.0 | 20 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 18 | 175.0 | ||
| 18 |  Mari Nakaga (JPN) | B | 57.60 | 75.0 | 19 | 97.5 | 20 | 172.5 | ||||
| 19 | Jacquelynn Berube (USA) | B | 57.45 | 70.0 | 21 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 19 | 167.5 | |||
| 20 |  Lisbeth Østergaard (DEN) | B | 56.10 | 75.0 | 18 | 90.0 | 22 | 165.0 | ||||
| 21 |  Ip Wing Yuk (HKG) | B | 56.85 | 30.0 | 35.0 | 22 | 35.0 | 45.0 | 23 | 80.0 | ||
| — | Emine Bilgin (TUR) | A | 56.95 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 95.0 | | — | — | |||
| — | Mariya Vidlyvana (UKR) | B | 57.70 | — | 100.0 | 14 | — | |||||
| — |  Heidi Kanervisto (FIN) | B | 57.95 | — | 97.5 | — | 21 | — | ||||